# LinkedIn Series: #9

### March 2025: Day nine of treating LinkedIn like a blog. :)

This "blog" post is dedicated to community.  
(If you want to make it *really* fun, take a shot every time I use the word community.)

Back in high school my counselor told me I needed to join an organization. A group, a sport...something. She said I'd have a better high school experience if I had a community. Spoiler - she was right.

\- In college I was a Resident Advisor - a community builder. That's a tough job, by the way!

\- If you work in education, the teacher community (AKA Happy Hour 🤣 ) is much needed. No way I would've been able to teach middle school math for almost ten years without them.

\- Roller derby was another strong group (literally and figuratively), that actually lead me to my gym community, where I've been a member for over a decade. ❤️

\- Enter the... ✨ tech community. ✨

These fine folks came into my life January of 2024. Since then I have surrounded myself with lovely new faces (or usernames lol) who help me pretty much every day, in one way or another.

Attending **RenderATL (Render Atlanta)** in 2024 really turned things around for me. I connected with wonderful people, worked on my pitch, gained confidence, and grew closer to my new friends in a more relaxed environment. I’m so excited to attend again this summer. (Make sure to grab your tickets sooner rather than later!)

I'd like to give a very specific shout out to a community I actually knit myself into thanks to RenderATL - the **Randstad Digital | Torc** community. Some of my friend circles overlap (cough 100Devs cough weareeverywhere cough), but the friendships I've either made or strengthened through the Torc discord and events are some that I will always cherish. And they always seem to reach out just when I need them most. ❤️

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(photos of the 100devs crew at RenderATL2024 and me rocking my Jacob Ashley Sad Computer [tee.)  
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